Vanadium Market Forecast: Top Trends for Vanadium in 2025

The vanadium market is poised for shifts this year driven by a projected rise in demand from energy storage and steel sectors. Energy storage systems that utilize vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) are gaining traction as renewable energy deployment accelerates, boosting demand for high-purity vanadium. However, global supply remains constrained due to limited mining projects […]

David Erfle: Cash Position Never Larger, Chaos and Volatility Ahead

For Erfle, interest from generalist investors is the key missing ingredient, but it may finally return this year. ‘That’s what we need — we need to get that generalist investor interest back into this sector. They left in 2012, 2013 and they haven’t returned,’ he explained during the conversation. ‘That’s created this incredible opportunity in […]

DOJ releases final violent crime numbers for Biden administration

The Department of Justice (DOJ) this week released the final nationwide crime statistics under the Biden administration as the president prepares to leave office.  Following an uptick in violent crime in 2021 during the pandemic, it began to trend down significantly in 2023, ‘including double-digit drops in homicide rates across many major cities,’ according to […]

RNC chair on GOP’s mission going forward: ‘Make sure…Trump voters become Republican voters’

– Republican National Committee (RNC) chair Mike Whatley says his job going forward in the 2025 elections and 2026 midterms is straight forward. ‘It’s really critical for us to make sure that the Trump voters become Republican voters,’ Whatley said in an exclusive national digital interview with Fox News on the sidelines of the RNCs’ […]

What Would It Take For Small Caps to Lead?

There have been rumblings of “the return of small caps” for many moons, but small-cap leadership has still not materialized as we kick off the new year. Today we’ll share three charts to watch, besides the obviously important chart of the Russell 2000 ETF (IWM), to determine when a new leadership phase for small caps is […]

Target says its holiday sales were better than expected — but its profits weren’t

Target raised its fourth-quarter sales forecast Thursday after more consumers turned to its stores and website for holiday shopping — particularly on days known for deep discounts. The big-box retailer now expects comparable sales in the fiscal fourth quarter to grow by about 1.5%. That’s better than its most recent outlook that the metric would be approximately […]